When it rains, it pours...into Latham Park
For folks in Latham Park, the sight of sewage shooting up out of manholes is an all-too common sight when a moderate to heavy rain comes around. Almost year ago, the city agreed to upgrade the sewer pipes running along Buffalo Creek at a cost of $42 million. At the time, state environmental officials were threatening to crack down on the city if it didn't volunteer to fix the problem. The project is now well under way. More from the city's Water Resources Department:
"Residents in the Latham Park area are invited to attend a public meeting to discuss the North Buffalo Creek stream restoration project scheduled to begin in 2007. The meeting will inform residents about construction impacts in Latham Park, solicit public input on the stream restoration design, and review the proposed route of a new sewer line. In order to address sewer overflows in the Latham Park and Lake Daniel Park areas, the stream restoration is part of the comprehensive North Buffalo Sanitary Sewer Project approved by the Greensboro City Council in 2003. As part of the project, more than nine miles of pipe and the construction of three new sewer pump stations will be added to City utility infrastructure."
The meeting will be held Monday, Sep. 27 at 6 p.m. in the Water Resources Auditorium at 201 N. Greene Street, the city's old central library building.